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Pyri from @chrysanthemumgames

CONGRATS ON THE RELEASE!!

I haven’t gotten to play the whole thing yet but I’m so so excited aaaaa

I’ve been wanting to draw a bunch of characters in j fashion and I thought Pyri would be such a decora monarch :3

I was going for something decora and osare looking, I hope it looks fine 😸

v close up & sketches v

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The Rhyme of the Underworld Rivers

Five Rivers wind along the underworld

Each strange and accursed

Fear each branch curled

Be wary of the rivers of the dead

First is Styx in all her gravity

From below to above, her waters fall

Break her oath and face calamity

Her hatred and her wrath enthrall

Second is Lethe, though she would forget

She washes it all away, gives only thirst in exchange

Sip from her and you’d never regret

But from yourself, you’d be estranged

Third is Cocytus, wailing and whimp’ring

In him, you could be easily lost,

In sorrows and such. You’d be a pitiful thing.

Your fate would be to whine and accost

Fourth is Pyriphlegethon, who’s always burning

His fires alone flow to Tartarus 

Such a gruesome sight, a strange way of learning,

For a purgatory, isn't it somewhat barbarous?

Fifth and final, Acheron, the border and barrier

He is so woeful but steady and true

Painful is death, and he is the carrier,

In his waters, in his chest, and across so you may receive your due.

Thusly, child, know the five Rivers grand

And once you come to the underworld, have a coin at hand

[thatssomegoodart]

Greek myth AU designs I have yet to draw (Post 4) + lore

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Pyriphlegethon Chthonian god God of the underworld river of fire (also named Pyriphlegeton)

He is made of fire

Cocytus Chthonian god God of the underworld river of wailing

Brother to Pyriphlegethon, Styx, Lethe, and Acheron

Tartarus Primordial God God of the stormy pit of Tartarus

acts terrifying just because he can

Menoites Chthonic god Cattle herder of Hades

Good friends with the queen of the underworld

COWBOY GOD COWBOY GOD

had his ribs broken by Heracles once

Melinoe Chthonic goddess Goddess of gifts offered to ghosts and night terrors Daughter of Persephone Leader of ghosts

Great friends with Hecate, they witch out together

Moros God of impending doom

Talks cryptically because he loves doing so

Drives mortals to their deadly fate and also gave people the ability to foresee their death

Husband of Tiresias

has beef with the goddess Elpis

he and Thanatos are so siblingcore (only non-only childs will know what this means)

Thanatos, sitting next to someone who has no family trying to comfort them in their final moments of life: His one fuckass brother Moros in the corner: THE BELL TOLLS YOUR DOOM IS NIGH

Momus God of blame, satire, mockery, faults, and comedy

Tends to make jokes about people's faults

Acts highly indifferent, insults everyone, points out peoples' flaws, and acts like he doesn't give a fuck about anyone (like Jax from TADC), but deep down he does care for his family

Has a jester costume he wears sometimes, although he mainly wears the hat

Oizys Goddess of pain, distress, and strife

Melancholic asf

Apate Goddess of deceit

Gets along well with Aphrodite

As soon as humans named a dinosaur after her, she had one revived and adopted it as a pet (apatosaurus)

Yellow is the color of deceit hence her eyes

Philotes Goddess of affection, friendship, social activity, and sexual intercourse

Aegosexual-reciproromantic, uses the label aroace

She is the force behind good things

Is offended by sacrificial offerings

Geras God of old age

Despite his short stature and old appearance, he is still a god, and may or may not have kicked Heracles's ass; he is capable of keeping up with Ares and Zeus simultaneously

Yes, he uses his spear as a cane

Lyssa Goddess and spirit of rage, fury, and rabies in animals

Best friends with Ares and the Erinyes

Chill asf with Aphrodite

Battle axe and armor were given to her by Ares as a gift

Is a dog

Usually has her hair up in a bun and wears a helmet in actual combat

Uses her wings to properl herself forward or backwards when in combat

Comes along with Ares to battlefields

Can drive people insane (literally)

Twin sister is Mania, the personification of various forms of madness and insanity, although her twin sister usually appears in the form of a lone shadowy wolf with red eyes (or a pack of them)

Due to being the best friend of the hated child and close friends with one of the problem people, Zeus hates when she comes to visit; also she rejected Zeus's advances and kicked his ass when he tried something so yknow

Can transmit the rabies virus via her bite if she wants to

Regrets what she did to Heracles

The Hesperides Nymphs of evening and the golden light of sunsets Nymphs of the west

Hesperia One of the Hesperides

i made a custom dress :)

Aigle One of the Hesperides

The wild dancer of her sisters, would probably get along with Dionysus

Arytheisa One of the Hesperides

Name is a combination of Arethusa and Erytheis

She lost her eyes to Zeus, but still dances with grace and precision

Penthus God of grief

Favors those who weep for the dead, apparently

Eris Goddess of strife and discord

Is chill asf with Ares

Technically started the Trojan War

Keeps her wings tucked in

Limos Deity of famine and hunger

Non binary, they/them

Is where the legend of the wendigo and the antlered wendigo design comes from

^ Note as of 2026: might retcon this from my AU later

Horkos God of curses inflicted on people who swear a false oath

Both the Erinyes and Horkos punished people who broke oaths or comitted perjury

Runs everywhere if possible

Has a handless and feetless son that runs on all fours and helps punish people with him

Ponos God of toil, stress, and extreme physical labor

Suffers from chronic stress

Dysnomia Goddess and personification of lawlessness

Twin of Ate

Ate Goddess and personfication of moral blindness, recklessness, folly, and error

Can blind the minds of both gods and men

Was banished from Olympus after blinding Zeus to Hera's disowning of Heracles

Twin of Dysnomia

Electra Goddess of electricity Wife of Thaumas Mother of Iris and Arke

Was a princess of Mycenae who fell in love with Thaumas and was deified via a miracle from him after he fell in love with her

yes her skin tone is meant to be olive

^ Note as of 2026: i now know olive is an undertone, so she has olive UNDERTONES

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Pyriphlegethon | The Devil's Trance | 2024

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greek mythology | gods & goddesses | Πυριφλεγεθων

→ pyriphlegethon was the underworld fire river god.

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Obscure Gods: Pyriphlegethon/Phlegethon

The God of the underworld river of fire of the same name. A child of Okeanos, or elsewhere of Kokytus (another river associated with tears and the father of the Nymph Menthe). Seneca speaks of the fire being used to punish sinners. Statius in the Thebaid mentions Kokytus and Phlegethon as being assistants to Plutos when it comes time to judge the dead, alongside Minos and Rhadamanthys. Plato and Homer both described the river, and the philosopher tells us that the streams of lava that burst from the earth originate with Pyriphlegethon. And it is also Plato who tells us that those who died having displeased their parents will enter the House of Haides via Pyriphlegethon.

Virgil describes the river as a fiery moat around the castle that is Tartaros, emphasizing the prison-like character of that region of the underworld. Ovid tells a story in his Metamorphoses in which Demeter battles a Daimon named Askalaphos, and when she splashes him with the water from Phlegethon, he is transformed into a screech owl.

It is Pyriphlegethon the Burning who causes volcanoes, hot springs, and lava flows, it seems, and I suspect we could envision him as the God of the mantle of the Earth, responsible for the upswells of magma and heat that we see in places like Yellowstone. Several of the surviving sources describe the river itself as being both of water and of fire, sometimes simultaneously.

It is clear that Pyriphlegethon received no cultus, no temples, and no sacrifices in the past, and living in an area with absolutely no volcanic activity, I haven’t had cause to pray to this particular god. It makes me rather curious how someone who lives near Mount Etna or Vesuvius might experience such a thing. In antiquity, it appears that Pyriphlegethon was mostly mentioned as part of the delineation of the underworld, rather than as anything philosophical or spiritual. It seems I have no cause to reach for this particular deity.

Sources:

Theoi.com

McInerney, Jeremy and Ineke Sluiter, eds. Valuing Landscape in Classical Antiquity: Natural Environment and Cultural Imagination, Brill, 2016. Plato. Great Dialogues of Plato, New American Library, 1970.

Images:

Griggs, J.D. “Arching fountain of a Pahoehoe,” photo, 2007. Via wikicommons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pahoeoe_fountain_edit2.jpg

[stygiantarot]

Underworld Powders Series- Phlegethon

The River Phlegethon (or Pyriphlegethon) is the river of fire in the Underworld. As such, I find it probably one of the easiest powders I had to figure out how to craft. I stick with only Greek mentions of the river, so it is strictly a river of fire/flame and not of “boiling blood” as the Seventh Circle of Hell, as stated in Dante’s Inferno. I only add blood to two of my Underworld powders, and this is not one of them.  However, as I’ve stated before, feel free to edit the ingredients to better reflect what you associate with the River.

Phlegethon Powder:

graveyard dirt (all my powders have a base of graveyard dirt because of my personal craft/style and to tie it to the Underworld where the Rivers resides)

cayenne pepper

cinnamon

red pepper flakes

pomegranate liquor (another element I add to all my powders as tribute to Hades and Persephone- you can use juice or seeds instead if liquor is not possible)

I use this as a power booster to spells and crafting, or fire element powder if needed in rituals and spells. Sometimes I also use it for burning away certain types of illness (like colds or the flu) in healing work.

My Underworld Powders recipes:

Lethe

Cocytus

Phlegethon

Acheron

Styx